This past Tuesday Iranian “>President Mahmoud Abbas performed a “condemnation without condemning” when asked about the recent incidents of Palestinian terrorism, saying that he “…Condemns all acts of violence against civilians”. Anybody has a problem with condemning all acts of violence against civilians? That’s what I thought. Easy.
Abbas immediately continued to compare the two killings of IDF soldiers (one shot by a sniper in Hebron; The other lured by a Palestinian friend to Kalkiliya in order for him to be murdered), to the killing of 3 Palestinian youths in Kalandyia on August 26th.
I agree with Mr. Abbas that death, loss, tears and sorrow are all tragically equal. The only use we, human beings, have in these situations is our ability and willingness to prevent these deaths. The 3 Palestinians were killed as a result of a violent incident (shown
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